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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
albumin levels
6 oz. a day
prealbumin levels
dark green - orange - drybeans
2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
diet recall
prealbumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
3. What is the function of vitamin C?
protein
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4. What is normal albumin levels?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
5. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
albumin levels
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
2.5 cups
carrots and sweet potatoes
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
liver and intestinal synthesis
7. Sources of fats
albumin levels
5.5 ounces/day
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
one tspn salt or less
8. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
4 calories/gram
decrease in total lymphocyte count
albumin levels
3 cups
9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
vitamin K
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
500 cal/day
10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fat soluble vitamins
rickets - osteomalacia
starches - sugars - and cellulose
11. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18-25
one tspn salt or less
12. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
hemorrhage
2 cups
13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
protein and fat
4 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
14. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
one tspn salt or less
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
trans fatty acid
15. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
6 oz. a day
16. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
vitamin K
low albumin levels < 3.4
one week period
17. When does BMR decrease?
dairy and fortified foods
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
18. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
hemorrhage
can consume more calories without weight gain
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
diet recall
19. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
5.5 ounces/day
fat soluble vitamins
20. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
prealbumin levels
one week period
21. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
one tspn salt or less
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
22. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
23. How many calories/gram is protein?
dairy and fortified foods
carrots and sweet potatoes
4 calories/gram
3 cups
24. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
fat soluble vitamins
albumin levels
4 calories/gram
25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
antioxidant - immune function
low albumin levels < 3.4
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
26. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
one tspn salt or less
antioxidant - immune function
rickets - osteomalacia
hemoglobin
27. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
hemoglobin
hemorrhage
antioxidant - immune function
28. What are healthy sources of fats?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
29. When does BMR increase?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
TPN total parenteral nutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
30. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
antioxidant - immune function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
31. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
apple is higher risk than a pear
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
32. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
transferrin
dairy and fortified foods
33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
review of systems
34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
35. What type of people need extra protein?
fat soluble vitamins
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein
transferrin
36. What is normal BMI?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vitamin K
18-25
37. Name six sources of grains
hemoglobin
review of systems
dark green - orange - drybeans
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
38. Fats can lead to some medical problems
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
4 calories/gram
39. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
liver and intestinal synthesis
starches - sugars - and cellulose
carrots and sweet potatoes
40. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
pregnant women or elderly
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
5.5 ounces/day
41. What foods have high quality protein?
pregnant women or elderly
decrease in total lymphocyte count
protein and fat
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
42. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
B and C
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
500 cal/day
one tspn salt or less
6 oz. a day
44. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
low albumin levels < 3.4
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
45. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
5.5 ounces/day
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
fats
essential amino acids
46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
milk - enriched grains
B and C
prealbumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
47. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
diet recall
review of systems
48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
B and C
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
49. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
hemoglobin
essential amino acids
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
milk - enriched grains
50. What function is vitamin D?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
B and C
review of systems
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